Clay writing tablets dating from 3000 BC provide some of the earliest evidence of when humans began creating constellations. Taurus, the bull, is believed to be one of the oldest constellations. It passes through the Northern Hemisphere from November to March, but is most visible in January. I offer to the firein the old constellationsmy […]
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Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt #349
The dahlia does notdrop its soft purple petalsthey turn to crisp bronze One Monday momentafter the wren’s crisp scoldinga sparrow’s soft song I am late posting this week, because we had no internet or cable: Internet is downIs anybody out there?A mockingbird gloatsIt has become crisp and clearI am soft and dependent Here’s a link […]
January Squares and Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt #342
Rough air and angelsAnticipate turbulenceTowing the season Rough Air It does not rain in spaceThere is space between the rainWhere angels flyTowing dreams tetheredBehind their wingsAerial advertising withAcrobatic towplanes toting aBanner over the beach Anticipate turbulenceRough air ChopA little shaking lets you know you’re aliveMaybe the wings snap offWhere are the angels now?Make sure your […]
January Squares
From Breakers and Granite by John Gould Fletcher: “What are these, angels or demons, or steel and stone. Soaring, alert, striped and diversified windows…Soaring vast effort spent in the sky till it breaks there.” He was writing about skyscrapers in NYC in April 1920. A link to the Squares challenge:https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/24/square-up-24/
January Squares and Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge # 339
Each growing seasonThe sun as adored nannyTending to children Here are links to both challenges:
Sabi Saturday (Sunday) Week 17
Thank you to Mary https://cactuscatz.com/sabi-saturday/sabi-saturday-week-17/ for continuing Sabi Saturday. A number of years ago my brother made me a little red bench that I kept at my front entrance. The wood began to rot and fungus began to grow in the cracks of the separated boards. David took the bench back, reused what wood he could and […]
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